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fHclissa affidnalis. Natural Order: Labiatic — Mint Faiiiilv. 



hetc find naturalized a very common and well-known 

 gaiden plant, introduced from Europe, and cultivated for 

 jitb virtues. The stem is erect and branching, growing 

 about two feet high, the whole plant being covered with 

 --oti down, and emitting, when touched with the hand, 

 • 1 \''^ the delightful fragrance of the lemon. The flowers are a 

 sallow white, appearing during midsummer. Melissa is from the Greek 

 ' word luclissa. a bee, because it attracts innumerable bees that come to 

 suck at the nectaries of the blossoms. Old apiarists like to rub the 

 'inside of the hives with its aromatic leaves, as an inducement for the 

 young swarms to remain, especially if the hives have been previously 

 used. 



OWEET-POUTING lips whose color mocks t 

 Rich, ripe, and teeming with the dew of blis 

 The flower of lo\e's forbidden fruit which grows 

 Insiduously, to tempt us with a kiss. 



-R. H. Wilde- s Tas.'^. 



fJn. 



HER eves outshine the radiant 1 

 That gild the passing shower. 

 And glitter o'er the crystal stream 

 And cheer each fresh'ning hour. 



Her lips are more than cherries bright, 

 A richer dye has grac'd them; 



They charm the admiring gazer's sight, 

 .\nd sweetly tempt to kiss them. 



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-Bums. 

 ER tresses loose behind. 

 Play on her neck, and wanton in the wind: 

 The rising blushes which her cheeks o'erspread, 

 Are opening roses in a lily's bed. —Gay. 



The eyelash dark, and downcast eye ; 

 The mild expression spoke a mind 



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